Summer Kick-off | by Pat

First off, Happy Father's Day today to all the dads reading this blog. While you lounge around today putting off the housework you'll have to make up later in the week, we figured we might as well give you something to read.

So, we here at BGS are declaring this the unofficial kickoff of the 2006 season. Sure, the official kickoff is still 76 days away, but today the 28 man freshman class report to Notre Dame and start not only their college careers, but also meet their new teammates and begin the informal summer workout sessions that will lay the groundwork for the upcoming football season.

With most of the recent focus on the new crop of recruits and current team superstars, we figured today is as good a day as any to step back and take another look at the incoming group of new Fighting Irish football players.